Bottling art



M. s. WEAVER Aug. 19, 1930.

BOTTLING ART Original Filed Aug. 15, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

mam/ BY Iva/ll V f ATTORNEY Aug. 19, 1930. I s, WEAVER 1,773,291

BOTTLING ART Original Filed Aug. 15, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

' r A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 19. 1930 UNITED STATES .mmvm s; wnavnn, or ABERDEEN, non'rn can/ohm;

I BOTTLING AB! ama filed august 15, 1927, Serial No. 213,644. Renewed DeoemberB, iaae.

My invention relates to bottles for containmg various kinds of beverages, particularly which reinforces the neck of the bottle and serves as a holding ring with which en- I gagementmay be made by parts of machines used for holding and lifting and carrying the bottle during various stages of manufacture of the bottle and during preparation of the bottle for its filling and during. its filling and crowning.

Because these bottles are made and filled in very large numbers, the use of automatlc mechanism in making and filling and crowning the bottles is necessary for the sake of economy, and .to facilitate the use of such.

mechanism it is essential that the bottles be made of uniform shapes and dimensions.

Such bottles now in use are inconvement for drinking. If it is attempted to drink directly from the bottle, it is difiicult to so apply the mouth of the bottle to the mouth of the person as to permit inflow of air during outflow of the beverage. Phat is because what is then the upper part 'of the lip of the bottle will press against the upper lip of the drinker. To avoid this," some persons tilt the head back. That is an inconvenient, and for some people impossible, position for swallowing liquids. Some drinkers put the entire upper end of he bottle into the mouth and then tilt the ottle and try to take the liquid with intervals for the admission of air into the bottle. At timesthat method 7 leads to strangling.

In such bottles now in use, the locking ring and the holding ring and the groove between those rings are parallel to each other and horizontal or in planes to which the axial line of the body of the bottle is perpendicular. The object of my invention is to produce such a bottle in a form adapted for easy drinkingin a manner similar to drinking from a drinking glass, and such form being, at the same time, adapted to manufacture and filling and crowning by machines and meth ods now in use. p

In the accompanying drawin s, 1

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a bott e embodying my improvement, a part of the bottle being broken away;

' Fig. 2 is a plan of the upper end of the bottle shown by Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevatioh of the upper art of the bottle as it appears looking at Fig. 1 from the right;

Fig. 4 is a view looking at the mouth of the bottle downward in the direction of the arrow above Fig. 1; I I

Fig. v5 is an upright section on the line, :n--w, of Fig. 3, that line being in the plane in lZvhich lies the axial line of the body of the ottle;

Fig. 6 shows the upper end of the bottle in the position of Fig. 1, with a'crown being applied to the locking ring; I

.Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of the upper end of the bottle as shown in Fig. 5, a "crown so having beenapplied; I

' Fig. 8 illustrates the upper part of thebottle in position for drinking;

Fig. 9 isa sectional elevation of the upper end of a bottle of the form now in general use, the locking rin and theholding ring being parallel to eac other and horizontal or in planes to which the axial line of the bottle is perpendicular;

Fig. 10, is a detail sectional view showing the crown being applied to the locking ring of a bottle of the form now in general use."

For convenience .in description, the bottle will be regarded as being in the upright position, the base of the bottle being the lower end and the neck and mouth of the bottle bottle now in general use" (Figs. 9 and 10).

As shown'by these two drawings, these two rings are horizontal or in planes to which locki the axial line of the bottle is perpendicular.

E is the usual circular sheet metal crown placed on the ordinary bottle. I is the crimped flange of said crown. F is the die by means of which said crown is pressed into position %Fig. 10). In common practice, the die, moves downward with its axial line coinciding substantially with the axial line of the locking ring, 11, of the bottle, that axial line coinciding substantially with the axial line of the body of the bottle. Thus the diesurrounds the axial line of the bottle and moves downward parallel to that line. f

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive, the lower, part ofthe holding ring, C, is horizontal and positioned the same as in Figs. 9 and 10. But the locking ring, D, is placed slantwise, at an angle of approximately 20 degrees from the horizontal, the higher part being-at the height of the locking ring, H, in Fig. 9. This brings the lower part of the ring, D, closer to the lower part of theho rin C, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. All parts 0 the exterior or outside lateral face of the locking ring are equi-distant from the axial line of the bottle, measuring horiline.

zontall or perpendicularly to the bottle axial us this ring appears to be a true ring when looking downward along the axial line of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 2. But the slant-given to this ring with this exterior form makes it slightly elliptical, as shown in Fig. 4. Yet .this form is so nearly circular as to still adapt the ring 'to receive the ordmary disc-form or circular sheet metal crown and allow the crimped flange, E of the crown to extend over and engage the ring,

asshowninFi .6and7.

'If the locking ling were thus slightly elliptical and also horizontal, the disc-form or circular crown would, when secured on the .ring, extend farther'over the parts of the ring which are cut by the shorter ring axis than over the guts out by the longer ring axis. But the gh part of the crown flange measuring horizontally or perpendicularly to the bottle axial line, whereby that ring appears to be a true rin when looking downward along the axial hne of the bottle; as already herein described, the die, F, can, by downward movement parallel to the axial line of the bottle, engage the rim of the cap to press said rim downward overall of the external lateral face of said ring, as above .described in-connection with Fig. 6 of the drawings Thus in improved bottle is adapted to receive t e cap or crown blank by means of the ordinary cap delivering mechanism, and the cap may then have its rim folded on the locking ring by means of automatic machines now in use for that purpose.

be removed in the usual manner by means of any of the crown flange outward.

By reference to Fig. 8, the action during drinking from m Y seen. The bottle is placed horizontally with the neck a little higher than the baseof the bottle and with the high part (now the low part) of the locking ring, D, resting against the lower lip of the person, space being left between the upper lip of the person and the bottle for the passing of the liquid. This leaves the locking ring leaning away from the upper lip and the nose so as to leave a clear passage from the atmosphere through what is now the upper part of the mouth of the bottle. Thus air can freely flow "along the course indicated by the arrow to take the place of liquid flowing from the bottle. While the drinking proceeds, the bottle is to be gradually tilted upward to allow all of the liquid to discharge. But this tilting need be only high enough to bring what is then the low part of the wall of the neckofthe bottle to or slightly above the horizontal position.

I claim as my invention,

a neck and a mouth whose axial line coincides substantially with'the axial line of the bottle, the lip of the mouth bein slanting.

2. A bottle having an elongate body and a neck and a mouth whose axial line coincides substantially with'the axial line of the bottle, the lip of the mouth' being slanting and elliptical.

3. A bottle having an elongated body and 1. A bottle having an elongated body and For opening the bottle, this crown is to tool adapted to engage and bend parts improved bottle will be III a neck on the axial line of the body and the neck having an elliptical slanting locking ring whose axial line coincides substantially with said body axial line and said locking axial line, which method consists in plac' over said ring a circular crown blank an then crimpin the edge of said blank onto the locking ring by pressure on the rim of said blank toward said body and parallel to said body axial line and obliquely to the plane of saidblank. r

In testimony whereof .I have signed myname, this eleventh daiyl' one thousand nine undre seven.

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and twentyring having all parts of its outer face equi- I distant from said body axial line, measurln on lines which are perpendicular to sai axial line.

6. A bottle having an elongated bodyand a neck on the axial line of. said body, and said neck having a slanting locking rin whose axial line coincides substantially wit said body axialline, and said neck having a holding ring, the lower part of which is in a plane to which said body axial line is perpendicular.

.7. A- bottle having an elongated body and a neck on the axial line of said body, and said neck having a' slanting locking ring on said axial line, and said neck having a holding ring, the lower part of which is in a plane to which said axial line is perpendicular and the upper art of the holding ring being arallelwitht elocking 8. 15 bottle havin an elongate body and a neck on the axiaf line of said body, and said neck having a slanting locking whose axial line coincides substantially wit said body axial line, and said neck having a holding ring, the lower art of which-is ina plane to which said y axial line is perpendicular and the holding ring being externally rounded in upright section.

9. A bottle having an'elongated body and -a neck anda mouth whose axial line coincides 7 ing a bottle havin an 'areckontheaxial substantially with the axial line of the bottle, the H of the mouth being slanting, and a crown ttedto the slanting locking ring. 7 10. A bottle having an elongated y and aneck and a mouth whose axial line coincides substantially with the axial line of the bottle,

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